Shatbat wrote:
So, the moment I'd been waiting for and one of the most shocking things I found when I read the series for the first time, the infamous Red Wedding, where the rebellion of the north meets a swift and bloody end and many of the characters some of us cared about die. For those who watched the serirs or read the books what was your reaction to it? Was it more shocking than Ned's death, or were you already prepared and knew that in GoT nobody is really safe? Will you keep watching?
To close with a thought, Rains of Castamere was a very fitting title for this episode
Not as shocking as Ned's death, no - but then when I saw the episode where Ned died, I hadn't read the books, and I sure wasn't expecting them to really kill of the main character - I thought Ned would get a reprieve so when his head came off, I was shocked and stunned.
As for this recent episode, I'd read past this point in the books so was not shocked by what I saw on TV. I was shocked when I read the books but as someone mentioned, Rob's mom noticing things were amiss in the book was much more played out than on TV, so it wasn't like a single moment of shock in the books, but a long, drawn out shock.
That said, I really did enjoy it more in the book. I really understand how anyone who didn't read the book would be shocked at what they saw the other night, but to me what was shown on TV did not live up to what was in the book - I think honestly that the production value and even the acting (especially of Rob, who seems to not have much emotion as his wife is murdered in front of him) of this scene was a bit of a let down - I imagined the banquet hall being much more crowded, and the makeup / effects (specifically the throat slashings) were not so well done - a bit surprising since the producers have mentioned that *this* was the scene they've waited years to film.